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Cheval de Paris
Horses of Paris
Marley Horses in Marley Courtyard of Louvre
Horses of Saint Mark atop Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Four Flying Horses and Chariot at the Grand Palais
86 Statutes of Famous Men (Louvre)
Some of the detail of Paris Architecture is overwhelming
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Also Called
Illustrious Men
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Aile_Colbert_(Louvre)
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&channel=cus&q=aile+colbert
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Les+Hommes+illustres+ou+Hommes+c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bres
There is a Bric-à-brac of ornamentation on the exterior of the Louvre
Statutes of 86 Famous Men (no women?)
and the Puti
The Famous Men are a series of 86 statues
installed on the wings of courtyard of the Louvre.
https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/45632972/posts/17891
ICI & LA NATURE PICTURES
These new wings of 1852–1857, by architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel, represent the Second Empire’s version of Neo-baroque, full of detail. The extensive sculptural program includes multiple pediments and a series of 86 statues of famous men, each one labelled. These include:
historian Philippe de Commines, by Eugène-Louis Lequesne
naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, by Eugène André Oudiné
chemist Antoine Lavoisier, by Jacques-Léonard Maillet
historian Jacques-Auguste de Thou, by Louis Auguste Deligand
philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, by Jean-Baptiste Farochon
Marquis de Vauban, by Gustave Crauck
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre_Palace
Pavillons du Louvre (Sully Wing)
Pavillon de Beauvais
Pavillon du Roi
Pavillon sud-est
Pavillon nord-est
Pavillon de l’Horloge (the Clock Pavilion)
Paris Culture: The New “Clock Pavilion” at the Louvre
https://www.francetoday.com/culture/museums-galleries/paris-culture-the-new-clock-pavilion-at-the-louvre/
Pavillions of the Palais du Louvre
https://wp.me/p3hvvc-2rE
Jardins du Louvre
Gardens of the Louvre
Jardin des Tuileries
Jardin du Carrousel
Jardin de L’Infante
Jardin de L’Oritoire
Architecture of the Louvre
Louis Visconti
Hector Lefuel
Claude Perrault https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Perrault
Perrault’s Colonnade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrault%27s_Colonnade
Pierre Lescot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Lescot
Lescot Wing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lescot_Wing
Henri II staircase
Pavillon de Flore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavillon_de_Flore
Le Triomphe de Flore (The Triumph of Flora) Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Pavillon de l’Horloge
Louvre Pyramid
Cour Carrée
Louvre Castle
the Colonnade
Louvre History
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Louvre-Museum
Sacré-Cœur
La Basilique du Sacré Cœur de Montmartre
http://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/english/
Hang out on the backside of Montmartre (Thrillist)
Trying to get a feel for what the Montmartre neighborhood feels like? Get away from the front of Sacre Coeur immediately. If you’re within sight of a carousel and people selling cheap Eiffel Tower keychains, you’re deep in the heart of about-to-get-scammed-ville, but if you walk just a few blocks off, Montmartre is a fun area that has a very Parisian feel with plenty of locals. Take some time to explore the small streets and wander; you’ll be surprised to find that only a few blocks away from the flocks of tourists, you’ll be right in the heart of this lively neighborhood. Trek over to Barbes-Rochechouart and Goutte d’Or, also known as “Little Africa”, then go north to Rue Marcadet and Rue Lamarck, which are full of restaurants, cafes, and small boutiques. Grab a beer at any corner brasserie, like La Cave Café, watch the locals walk by, and pretend you’re Parisian.
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/paris/how-to-avoid-pariss-tourist-traps
Monparnasse
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Monparnasse
http://www.secretsofparis.com/montparnasse-district/
6th & 14th Arrondissement
Monparnasse Cemetery
Spraling
Flat as a Crepe (Pancake)
Nondescript compared to some other Paris Cemeteries with varied terrain
A place we like and hope to explore
mercure-paris-montparnasse-raspail
https://wp.me/p3hvvc-20J
Running: Rue Raspail
Wide Boulevard, Center Median, Marches, Leads right into Paris Rue du Bac
The Top 10 Art Museums in Paris
The Louvre
National Museum of Modern Art at the Centre Pompidou
Musée d’Orsay (Impressionist, Expressionist)
Petit Palais
Musée de l’Orangerie
Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées
Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris
National Medieval Museum/Musée de Cluny
Musée Rodin
Musée Carnavalet: Explore the History of Paris
Musée du Luxembourg
Trip Savvy
https://www.tripsavvy.com/top-art-museums-in-paris-1618673#step9
Metro Stations (Paris)
You can learn a lot about a city, riding the underground Metro from station to station. It is a French lesson to listen as station names are pronounced over the speakers. Then natural questions follow:
What is Clemenceau, who is Saint-Émilion and where is . . .
Line 1 (Yellow)
Western Terminus: La Defense (Puteaux)
Eastern Terminus: Château de Vincennes 12e
Line 4 (Eggplant)
Northern Terminus: Porte de Clignancourt 18e
Southern Terminus: Mairie de Montrouge Montrouge (South of 14e)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:PM_color
Metro Stories
After visiting the marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen we walked over to Metro station Porte de Clignancourt. There were people hanging around the turnstyles. After inserting my carnet ticket I entered the turnstyle – which didn’t move properly. Turns-out a lady had entered the turn-style immediately behind me piggy-back. When I looked over my shoulder, she excused herself.
We were a little shaken, both that someone would try that and that I hardly noticed it. And imaged how someone could have taken my wallet during such an encounter. I also hear how someone could snatch your ticket, before you have a chance to retrieve it. (I was more ready when someone tried to do this later in my trip) I inserted an expired ticket, so when I pushed against the turn-style bar, it didn’t move, and the man behind me bumped into me, anticipating a swift passage through the turn-style.
Another time, there was a lady with stroller and bags and lots of kids. I went out of my way to help her lift the stroller up the stairs, but quickly realized that I was severely compromised and exposed, bent-over, holding the stroller with child (I could not let go) and in this group of children, I imagined what could have happened.
Paris for the Holidays 